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AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE LEVYING,
ASSESSING AND COLLECTING OF AD VALOREM AND OTHER
TAXES FOR THE YEAR 1957 FOR THE PURPOSE'OF PAYING
THE GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT, AND PROVIDING A SINKING FUND TO MEET THE
PAYMENT -WALL ALL BONDED INDEBTEDNESS OF THE CITY OF
BEAUMONT AND THE PAYMENT OF ACCRUING INTEREST
THEREON; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF,OCCUPATION
TAX, AND PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BEAUMONT, TEXAS:
Section 1.
That there shall be and is hereby levied and shall be
assessed and collected for the year 1957, for municipal pur-
poses only, an ad valorem tax of One Dollar and Seventy -.two
Cents ($1.72) on each One Hundred Dollar's worth of property
located within the present city limits of The City of Beaumont,
made taxable by law, which said taxes when collected shall be
for the purpose hereinafter set forth as follows, to wit:
For the General Fund $1.26
For the purpose -:;of paying the
accruing.interest and to provide
a sinking fund for the payment of
the entire bonded indebtedness of
The City of Beaumont .46
Section 2.
That there shall be and is hereby levied and there shall
be collected on all occupations and callings on which an occupa-
tional tax is levied by the State of Texas, a sum equal to one
half of the amount so levied by the State of Texas, on each re-
spective occupation or calling in The City of Beaumont.
Section 3.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or
portion of this ordinance is for any reason held invalid or un-
constitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such sec-
tion, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase or portion shall be
deemed a separate, distinct and independent provision and such
holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions
thereof.
1957.
PASSED by the City Council this 20th day of August, A.D.
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